A key Government appointee in Indigenous affairs has spoken out against planned cuts to an organisation which helps Aboriginal victims of domestic violence.

Administrators of the National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service (NFVPLS) are expecting to lose $3.5 million in funding over the next three years, and have disputed a Federal Government commitment that frontline services would not be affected.

The chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, says the funding should not be cut.

He says although cuts to Indigenous legal aid programs were necessary, he does not think the NFVPLS program is the right place to start.

"It is really tough, because we need to ensure that we are working hard in this area, because it is a very crucial area for us," he said.

"What it really means for us in the council... is we need to get on top of this very quickly.

"We have to then have a conversation back with the Government about, okay, what are the outcomes we need to have in this area.

Cuts spark rift on Indigenous policy

"How do we ensure that the funding and that the proper programming that it replaced, to ensure that we are reducing the rate of domestic violence and violence within Aboriginal communities overall."

Attorney-General George Brandis issued a statement to AM saying funding will be stripped from policy reform and lobbying activities - and he says frontline legal services would not be affected.

But the national convenor for the program, Antoinette Braybrook, disagrees.

"The Family Violence Prevention Legal Service program does not get funding for policy and law reform, so I'm not sure how they can say it is only to that and frontline services won't be affected," she said.

"That $3.6 million cut to our program will have to come from frontline service delivery.

"We're always at capacity and trying to manage those high caseloads. So we are under-resourced now, and these cuts will only contribute to us not being able to meet that demand."

Importance of a culturally sensitive service

A woman, who the ABC will call Jane, credits the program - one of four being targeted for government cuts - with her escape from a violent home.

"And so it just escalated to a point where it was dangerous for myself and that it was dangerous for the children."

Jane says it was important to find a service that understood her culture.

"It meant that I didn't need to have to explain my position as an Aboriginal woman and mother," she said.

"It meant that I was working with Aboriginal workers as well, and it meant that when I have the service in court that they were able to speak as if I was the one that was speaking about my situation as an Aboriginal woman."